Cater promoted at Ketchum while Lee fills a new position

Meanwhile, Avril Lee last week quit Chandler Chicco Agency, where she had been a director for more than 18 months, to join Ketchum in the newly created post of deputy MD healthcare.

Explaining the promotion of Cater – who will retain his role in charge of the London practice – London deputy chief executive David Gallagher said: ‘In little over a year, Mark has doubled business with international and UK healthcare clients.’

Chandler Chicco MD Jennie Talman said Lee would not be directly replaced, although she said ‘a number of significant hires’ were due in the coming months.